Boycott:
verb
verb: boycott; 3rd person present: boycotts; past tense: boycotted; past participle: boycotted; gerund or present participle:
Boycotting
1.
withdraw from commercial or social relations with (a country, organization, or person) as a punishment or protest.
synonyms: spurn, snub, shun, avoid, abstain from, wash one's hands of, turn one's back on, reject, veto
: to refuse to buy, use, or participate in (something) as a way of protesting : to stop using the goods or services of (a company, country, etc.) until changes are made
transitive verb
:to engage in a concerted refusal to have dealings with (as a person, store, or organization) usually to express disapproval or to force acceptance of certain conditions
a punitive ban that forbids relations with certain groups, cooperation with a policy, or the handling of goods.
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Origin
from the name of Captain C. C. Boycott (1832–97), an English land agent in Ireland, so treated in 1880, in an attempt instigated by the Irish to get rents reduced.
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Interesting how this peaceful protest of 'hitting them where it hurts' (in the pocket), started picking up American momentum again in 2008.
What happened then? * sarcasm *
